Colorado National Monument Association 2023 Recap
After a whirlwind year at Colorado National Monument Association, we are sharing our 2023 Recap and Highlights. Plus, what's to come in 2024.
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Why Colorado National Monument is Not a National Park
An often-asked question at Colorado National Monument is: what is a National Monument and why isn’t it a National Park?
2023 Monuments and Canyons Plein Air Event
Colorado National Monument Association is hosting the 2023 Monuments and Canyons Plein Air Event. This is our 7th year organizing the outdoor painting event, which will take place October 1st …
Latino Conservation Week Celebration
July 23rd was a very hot day in the Grand Valley, even for our normal standards. Luckily the shade from the trees in Lincoln Park and some shenanigans with water …
An Internship with CNMA and Colorado National Monument’s National Park Service
The NPS part of my internship had me working mostly with their interpretation programs. I helped the park rangers by delivering their geology talk, but I also created my own …
School’s Out for the Summer!
Is it officially summer yet? School’s out in our district, so I think we made it! I can’t be the only one who chose routes around town to avoid school …
Caretakers of these Canyons
Indigenous people were the first caretakers of these canyons followed by a quirky man named John Otto. John Otto came to the Grand Valley in 1906 to work on the …
Social Trails Internship Made Possible by CNMA
Over 400 informal trails were documented in Colorado National Monument, many to sensitive cultural areas or through delicate ecosystems.
Visit Colorado National Monument
Maybe you’d like to visit by joining one of CNMA’s educational programs? It could be a guided hike to learn about millions of years of geological history or perhaps an …
April Update
As a nonprofit, you are continually dreaming about all the good you can do if only… if only more people knew about CNMA, if only we could fundraise more, if …
